Prairie du Chien Area Social News and Notes
Monday brought a bustling account of local visits and health notes. Names include Herve Robbins Ed Gehring and L Klingman with assorted afflictions. horse cattle deliveries by Wenger brothers and others. social events at Illyria school house and visits among Wilson Kerr and Klingman families. upcoming Horse shoe social and a dental society meeting referenced. a health advisory closes with Electric Bitters endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Gehring
L. Klingman
H.B. Kerr
Chris Haug
Volwa
Ida Wenger
Wihel
Hazel Shaffer
Mra
Bart Chapman
Mra. C. M. Klingman
Edna Vous
Mra. Oklin Probert
C. Holms
Frantz Hertrich
Robert Wilson
John Wilson
Wenger Bros
Fred Rothlisberger
Wadena
Fred Reichert
Lawrence Mackel
George Kiple
Rose Kohler
Bert Chapman
Will Yearous
H. B. Kerr
John Wenger
Andrew Yeuroug
John
Arlington
Lena Medberry
Hans Winkler
Malcom Robbing
Jerome Robbins
Fred Wenger
Oelwe
Amy Richards
Mae Fritz
Cedar Rapids
Stephen Rothlisberger
Elgin
Prairie du Chien
Wallace Peters
Ed Kohler
Elkader
O’brien
Illyria School House
Blamed a Bad Heart for Distress. Cured by New Life Pills
W. Evans of Danville Virginia blamed heart distress for two years but found the problem was indigestion. Dr. King's New Life Pills reportedly cured him, with best results for stomach liver and kidney troubles, constipation, headache or debility. 250, at The City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Evans
Danville
Dr. King
City Drug Store
Weat Union. T P Griffith Called To Volga City
T P Griffith was called to Volga City Friday on business. Miss Aileen Loftus was home from Cedar Rapids over Sunday. Tenn of the young ladies treated their young men friends to a bab glud ride about town last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. Griffith
Volga City
Aileen Loftus
Cedar Rapids
Elkader Council Fixes Elkader Saloon License at 200 Monthly
Elkader residents note Council set saloon licensing at 200 dollars per month plus tax. James Humphry received the permit as the town’s sole saloon operator after two applicants. Other local items mention Albert Allen’s return from Chicago and Atty. Murphy’s New York tour with the State Educational Board. County bounty figures show 1681.45 paid for rattlesnakes gophers and ground hogs in Clayton County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Humphry
Jas, Humphry
Wmn. McTaggart
Atty
D. D. Murphy
New York City
Washington, D. C
State Educational Board
Clark
Joe Cannon
Congress
Clayton County
Clermont News Highlights Local Visits Events and Contests
Dr and Mrs A D McKinley visit the former's ill mother in Clermont. Mrs Sarah F Rounds and Alfred J Gray wed yesterday at Oelwein. Geo Schroeder and Dr Lehusidt discuss materials for a Postville sanitarium. A Sunday ski contest offers six prizes, open to all. Miss Helen Hang’s sleigh ride marks her birthday. Clermont contestants win two firsts at Waucoma district contest. Ruth Gruver and Marie Kelleher earn top spots in oratory and drama.
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The
Enterprise
A.D. McKinley
Sarah F. Rounds
Alfred J. Gray
Oelwein
Deal
Geo. Schroeder
Helen Hang
Knudtson
Clermont
Waucoma
Walter Scott
Marie Kelleher
Ruth Gruver
Almost Lost His Life to a Merciless Storm
Mason Michigan resident S A Bud recalls a terrifying exposure during a merciless storm. He nearly developed pneumonia but credits Dr King’s New Discovery with relief after a neighbor’s dose. Two bottles finished the cure. City Drug Store guarantees a $1 trial bottle.
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S.A. Bud
Mason, Mich
Dr King
Oak Grove News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Moves
The Oak Grove column notes sick baby at Henry Holzer home and family visits including Ed Boyle and wife at grandma Boyles. Several residents, including Guy Woodard and Julia Brabham, are mentioned with social calls, birthday gatherings, and moving plans. Ed Boyle’s birthday celebration draws relatives. John Boyle nursing a hand injury. Elmer Miller returns from Canada, planning Montana move. Perry Hummnel relocates to a Volga City area farm, John Howard to the vacated farm. Dairy Train date announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Boyle
Grandma Boyles
Guy Woodard
Ira Bennett
Buelah
Julia Bartholomew
Rob. Wilson Jr
John Wilson
John Boyle
Dr. King
Elmer Miller
Canada
Harvey Howard
Montana
John Howard
Perry Hummnel
Volga City
Mr. Hummnel
Public Auction For Dissolved Partnership Near Elgin Gunder Road
A dissolved partnership sale on Friday February 23 at 10:00 AM will offer 102 head of livestock including 19 yearling horses and 13 sows plus 44 hoars with calves, farm machinery, hay, grain and other items from the old John Halverson farm 8 miles east of Elgin and 1 mile southwest of Gunder. Cash for sums under 810. over 810 with approved security at 7 percent interest. Sale by B. R. Barc Auctioneer and T. H. Carlson Clerk Knudtson & Rierson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Halverson
Elgin
Gunder
Elgin Gunder Road
T Relding
B. R. Barc
T. H. Oarson
Knudtson & Rierson
Georgia's Lynching Record in 1911
Georgia contributed 19 or more of the 71 lynchings in 1911, the smallest annual total since 1885. While Georgia records remain deplorable, the nation saw a decline. Prohibition-era liquor laws are blamed for crime increases and bootlegging, with newspapers urging regulated open sale to curb immoral venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Georgia
Arnica Salve touted as cure for Tom Moore’s limp
In Cochran Georgia Tom Moore credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with ending a severe instep sore and rapid healing. An ad notes its uses for sores, ulcers, boils, cuts, burns, and eczema with price 25 cents at The City Drug Store. Also reported two cerebrospinal meningitis cases in Joseph Long’s home in Conrad, ages 6 and 1 month, both critically ill. Plexnur serum used. older child shows little change, younger improves after serum. USDA warns Fayette county of American foul brood in beekeeping, urges awareness and information. Local notes mention Louis N Rasmazen visiting from Postville and former town resident visits. Mr and Mrs Nick Lehman of near Strawberry Point visited relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Moore
Cochran
Bucklen
City
Joseph Long
Conrad Farmer
United States Department of Agriculture
Fayette County
Louis N Rasmazen
Postville
Ecuo
Louis
Citizens’ State Bank
Nick Lehman
Strawberry Point
Irish Orator Meeting Ends in Ruckus in St Louis
A noted Irish speaker in America faced a violent interruption in St Louis when a drunken man asked if the Irish should not be wiped from the earth. Pandemonium followed as attendees attacked the man until police rescued him and he was taken to a hospital ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
St. Louis
Ireland
National Monthly
How Old Are the Big California Trees
An 1853 felled giant with a 24 to 26 foot diameter showed 1,147 rings, suggesting the tree’s age. The investigator doubts any surviving California giants reach 2,000 years, and older estimates of up to 5,000 years are likely exaggerated.
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California
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Myria
Herve Robbins
C. L. Klingman
Robert Peters
Fayette
Alfred Wenger
Ett Gehring
C. Wenger
Frances Foxwell
Mary
Stephen Foxwell
Thos, Richards
Timber Lake
Martin Klingman
Chas
Bopp
Hawkeye
Shev
Chicago
M. W. Grimes
A. W. Connex
Mason City
J. E. Hill
Anna M. Gilson
Elia Welch
Winfield
Kan
Gilson
Prof
Frank Gilson
Bright
Peter Randy
South Rockwood
Mich
Weat Union
Albert Allen
Layton
Farmersburg
Clermont News
Oak Grove News
Henry Holzer
Robert Wilson Jr
Hugh Conner
Julia Brabham
Edith Conner
O. P. Craft
Whe
Mr. Craft
Henry Craft
Brainard
Tommy Howard
Haugh Conner
Prairie Till Chien
Simon O’niel
James O'Niel
West Union
Ridge
John Fennel
John O'Harran
W. C. Smiths
C. Mounce
J. Miller
Buick
Maxwell
Elgin Auto Co
Giu
Questioner
Rock Island
el Paso
Colorado
Salt Lake City
Southern Pacific
Western Pacific Railways
S.S. Worley
C. Lehman & Son
Blach Smith Shop
R. Lehman
Henry Topp
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